-The Hindu Union Home Minister Amit Shah reviewed the progress of rehabilitation of Kashmiri migrants, including Kashmiri Pandits, during a meeting with Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant-Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday. Mr. Shah was in Jammu to attend the 83rd Raising Day parade of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). According to the Union Home Ministry, only 17% of the proposed accommodation for Kashmiri Pandits has been completed in the past seven years. The Union...
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Narendra Modi Speaks of Elusive Police Reforms, But Evades the Central Issue -Pratik Kanjilal
-TheWire.in Contrary to the spirit of reform, Modi’s government has sought to arrogate to itself the power to transfer IAS and IPS officers at will, without the concurrence of state governments. On Sunday, at the first convocation ceremony of the Rashtriya Raksha University in Gujarat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi recommended several progressive steps towards better policing, including the need for a psychological approach for improvements in jail conditions, for personnel to study...
More »Media Coverage of the Right to Information (Amendment) Act 2019 in India -Ashish Singh
-Countercurrents.org The Right to Information (Amendment) Act, 2019 was passed by both the houses of parliament in July 2019. The opposition parties had been arguing against the proposed changes in the Right to Information Act of 2005 through this amendment. The Right to Information Act, 2005 (RTI Act, 2005) came in existence after a long movement against transparency and accountability in governance. It enabled all citizens of India the right to...
More »Heat Waves Sweep Across India -Aathira Perincherry
-The Wire Science * Many regions in India, including the north and the centre, are currently reporting hotter weather thanks to heat waves. * The IMD has forecast ‘severe’ heat wave conditions for the next three days over parts of Rajasthan. Heat waves will also prevail over areas of Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat and Telangana. * According to the government, the IMD’s predictive power to forecast heatwaves has increased significantly over the years. Kochi: Many...
More »Haryana: Midday meal workers in wage cry, Centre blames state -Basant Kumar Mohanty
-The Telegraph According to a proposal approved by the cabinet, the Central government’s share of the honorarium will remain unchanged till 2025 For 50-year-old Saroj, supporting her four-member family with a paltry honorarium of Rs 3,500 a month she gets for cooking food at a government primary school in Haryana is a daily struggle. “I have two daughters and a son. All of them are studying in government schools. Neither can I provide...
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